Imaging Rights - Windows - Looking for clarification
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So this is the question, as I'm starting to wonder if Microsoft licensing is just worded in a way to get people into a court room.
Q: What are "reimaging rights"?
A: Reimaging is the copying of software onto multiple devices from one standard image. Under these rights, customers may reimage original equipment manufacturer (OEM) or full packaged product (FPP) licensed copies using media provided under their Volume Licensing agreement.
OEM-Specific Information
Reimaging is the copying of software onto multiple devices from one standard image. Organizations that want to recover their systems by using OEM media or OEM custom images may only do so as follows: OEM media may be used to individually recover an image to a device using recovery media provided by the OEM. The OEM recovery media (1) should match the product version that was originally preinstalled on the system, (2) may only be used to image devices that came with it, and (3) may not be modified prior to recovering an image to a device.
Using OEM Media to Reimage: You may use OEM media (including custom OEM images) to reimage devices, but only those that were originally imaged with such media.
So does imaging mean "Making your own image that varies in any way from what the OEM put on the laptop/tower/tablet or does imaging mean the action of deploying an ISO to a target device in any way other than using the OEM Recovery media?
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@DustinB3403 said:
So does imaging mean "Making your own image that varies in any way from what the OEM put on the laptop/tower/tablet or does imaging mean the action of deploying an ISO to a target device in any way other than using the OEM Recovery media?
Both.
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Ok if "Both" then using any i recovery method for a personal computer I buy from best buy, even provided by the OEM would land me in court facing off with Microsoft.
It has to be one or the other....
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The recovery dvd, in the dvd drive would land me in court.
Using an imaging tool such as fog to redeploy this image via PXE would also land me in court.
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@DustinB3403 said:
Ok if "Both" then using any i recovery method for a personal computer I buy from best buy, even provided by the OEM would land me in court facing off with Microsoft.
It has to be one or the other....
Why does it have to be one or the other? I'm confused. What wording makes it exclusive?
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@DustinB3403 said:
The recovery dvd, in the dvd drive would land me in court.
Using an imaging tool such as fog to redeploy this image via PXE would also land me in court.
Why? Those are licensed methods?
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@DustinB3403 said:
The argument here: http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1173034-need-50-pc-s-re-imaged-lock-down-profiles-etc?page=1#entry-4999307
Where? That is a long thread and I didn't see it in a quick look. Got a quote?
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The method is the question, can microsoft define how you can deploy the ISO to a target machine, and do they currently.
VS is there a scapegoat here that if I use OEM Media to pull the ISO off and put in into a Fog Server, can I then use that ISO to restore my computer?
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Look at anything from dpaul.
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@DustinB3403 said:
VS is there a scapegoat here that if I use OEM Media to pull the ISO off and put in into a Fog Server, can I then use that ISO to restore my computer?
Of course and I've seen no suggestion to the contrary.
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@DustinB3403 said:
Look at anything from dpaul.
I'm reading his stuff. I see no contradiction. Once you buy reimaging rights you are good to go. What's the issue. Do you have a quote to the contrary?
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You need to explain why you think there is a question because just stating that you see one doesn't guide me to seeing what you are seeing.
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He's saying, in order to use an OEM Recovery Disk (and product key on any windows device) that you must own VL to reimage this machine even with the OEM ISO.
I'm on the stance that if I'm using the OEM Recovery ISO, that it doesn't matter how I deploy it to the target.
Am I wrong?
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@DustinB3403 said:
He's saying, in order to use an OEM Recovery Disk (and product key on any windows device) that you must own VL to reimage this machine even with the OEM ISO.
Of course you need that, VL is the only source of reimaging rights.
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@DustinB3403 said:
I'm on the stance that if I'm using the OEM Recovery ISO, that it doesn't matter how I deploy it to the target.
Am I wrong?
As far as I know, yes. Imaging is granted by VL. Once you are talking about reimaging rights, VL is assumed as that is where you gain those rights.
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But you can reinstall (reimage) a target machine by using the Recovery Disk.
So where is the difference?
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@DustinB3403 said:
But you can reinstall (reimage) a target machine by using the Recovery Disk.
You can resintall, not reimage. You can't just call installing imaging, those are two different things.
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The similarity is that the machine is back to an OEM state.
How does it matter how it go to that state.
